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Annapolis

Have you ever thought about doing a segue tour? I have, and as silly as it sounded at first, I began really getting excited about it. I was going to tour on a segue. Forget walking, I was going to combine human dna with technology in a harmonious mixture like a cyborg! Sadly, the segue company cancelled at the last minute without even letting us know. We were standing at the meeting point waiting, calling, wondering. Finally, they answered and said the tour was cancelled. So we had to tour Annapolis on foot like commoners! No free wheeling. No human machine mesh. No cyborginess. How dare they. 

 

However, we found Annapolis to be a very pretty city, filled with beautiful old colonial buildings and cobblestone streets. The Maryland State House is the oldest state capital still in continuous legislative use, plus it's the only state capital that has been used as the nation's capital. The Continental Congress met here from 1783 to 1784, and during that time, this is the place George Washington resigned as general of the Continental Army. Also, this is where the Treaty of Paris was signed, which marked the official end of the Revolutionary War. 

 

See that while on your walking tour, see the statue honoring Thurgood Marshall and his victory in Brown vs The Board of Education, or even tour the Naval Academy. One of the colonial houses is open for touring as well, the Hammond Harwood House.